AWD For All MINIs in 2008?
Tucked away at the end of this week’s Auto Motor und Sport article on the 2008 Clubman is this little nugget (translated from German): >However an all-wheel drive system will be available...
MF Video Friday: Fastest Street MINI
Those guys are Fireballed Racing are at it again. This time, taking Brian White’s Widow to some extremes. If you couldn’t make out the numbers, that was 412 horsepower.
Oxygen Blue Arrives
At long last Oxygen Blue has finally arrived on MINI’s European online configurators. For those who may have missed it, Oxygen Blue is a non-metallic that will only be available on MINI...
R56 vs. GTI vs. C30 T5
In this months Winding Road, they have a very fun piece that is not really versus as much as it is a good comparison of the MCS, the Volkswagon GTI and the...
Official 2007 MINI USA Specifications PDF
Here’s one that US MINI fans have been waiting for: the official MINI Specifications PDF with just about every number on the US spec R56 you can imagine. While we’ve seen most...
Official MCS Exhaust Tip Retrofit
Let’s face it, the exhaust tips on the standard Cooper S are a little minuscule. There are two things a MINI owner can do. Throw down some serious cash and get a...
Motortrend on the Targa Newfoundland
Ron Kiino from Motortrend wrote about his experience during the last Targa Newfoundland in a JCW Rally Car. >According to the tourism Web site for Newfoundland and Labrador, the Black Spruce “is...
2008 JCW Comes up to Speed
With the new MINI Cooper S and Cooper now introduced to the public on both sides of the Atlantic, imaginations of MINI enthusiasts seem to be focused on the next big thing,...
Motortrend Reviews the 2007 Cooper S
Motortrend’s European correspondent takes his turn with the R56. >The most obvious change is the radiator grille. Rather than being made in two sections, as on the outgoing model, it’s now a...
MINI Cooper D Official Videos
It’s video Friday and what better way to celebrate than with a closer look at the new MINI Cooper D in motion courtesy of MINI Press: